THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



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nmltipliecl, and the plants have assumed a stocky stout ap- 

 jjearance. Upon finally removing them into the pots or boxes 

 where they are to remain, care should be taken to injure their 

 roots as Uttle as possible, and the dung which was placed in 

 the bottom of the sccd-pot or pan will be found useful in form- 

 ing a ball at the rout of each plant, by which means they will 

 sustain little, if any check, in their removal. The boxes or 

 pots into which they are finally planted should l>e filled nearly 

 half full of good rotten dung, such as that from an old cucum- 

 ber-frame, or some similar to iL If in boxes, they should be 

 a foot in depth, and of such lengths and breadths as are most 

 convenient for the situations in which they are to be placed, so 

 as to take up as little room as possible ; and if pots be pre- 

 ferred, they should be nearly ten inches in diameter, and a 

 foot deep. :Vfter being half filled with dung, according to the 

 directions already given, cover it with an inch and a half of 

 very rich loam, upon which stand the plants, three in each pot, 

 and about the same proportion in the boxes ; fill in with mould, 

 such as is already directed for placing under the roots, till the 

 stems of the plants be covered up to the leaves ; or, if they be 

 a little drawn, about half way up their stems, leaving space 

 within the pots for a further addition of mould, as the plants 

 proceed in growth. After planting, they should be supplied 

 V, ith a moderate share of water, brought to nearly the tem- 

 perature of the house, to settle the mould about their roots. 

 This should be administered to them as occasion requires, 

 keeping them rather damp than otherwise, but not so as to en- 

 danger their damping off. This is necessary to keep them free 

 of the red spider and thrips, both of which, particularly the 

 former are very annoying to them, and if not watched care- 

 fully, will not only destroy the plants themselves entirely, but 

 will attack every other thing in the house. Water is one of 

 the means of keeping down this enemy, and it should be given 

 them with some force from the syringe ; tlour of sulphur may 

 be sprinkled over the leaves, either dry or mixed with the 

 water with which they are sprinkled, the strong heat of a pine- 

 stove will ignite the sulphur, and completely destroy the spi- 

 ders. The thrips is destroyed by fumigations of tobacco. 

 As the beans advance, small branches should be stuck into 



